[sldev] Call stack for crash on startup in SSE code on early Athlon processors?

Dirk Moerenhout blakar at gmail.com
Tue Jul 10 15:17:30 PDT 2007


Which binary did you test? Given this is more a compiler issue than a
code issue I doubt it'll crash if you were using anything but an MSVC
compiled binary. And even then it might be compiler version dependent.

Dirk aka Blakar Ogre

On 7/10/07, Dzonatas <dzonatas at dzonux.net> wrote:
>
>  The immediate test on the 586tsc shows it working -- starts up. The 586tsc
> does not have SSE but does have MMX. The only thing apparently different
> with the K7 would be the 3DNow! features.
>
>  Dzonatas wrote:
>  I got a hold of a 586tsc, which appears very similar to the older
> Thunderbird 800mhz.  Eh... it has linux preinstalled... i'll see what i can
> do
>
>  Harold Brown wrote:
>
> Not sure what I all I can do with the system I tested with last night.
> (Athalon XP 1500+, No SSE/SSE2)
>
> It's not exactly the beefiest machine but I'll see what I can do.  I'm off
> RL work for vacation starting this weekend.. so I'll definately have some
> time to mess with it then.
>
> On 7/10/07, Dzonatas <dzonatas at dzonux.net> wrote:
>
> > James, let me know and I'll drive out there to help you set it up and
> > work on it... =)
> >
> > James Cook (James) wrote:
> > > I tried and failed yesterday to fix "Crash on startup due to SSE
> > > instructions":
> > > https://jira.secondlife.com/browse/VWR-1610
> > >
> > > We mistakenly tested this build on an Athlon Mobile XP 2000+ which
> > > supports SSE1.
> > >
> > > None of our internal developers have a processor this old.  Does
> > > anyone have an early Athlon (K7 / Thunderbird) that doesn't support
> > > SSE who can get me a call stack off the current codebase?
> > >
> > > I'm reverting the SSE code from 1.18.0 until we can sort this out.
> > > We're putting together an old Athlon internally, but it won't be in
> > > time for the 1.18 series.
> > >
>
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